CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Aroldis Chapman and the Yankees received good news Thursday, and now the final phase of the closer’s domestic-violence case can formally commence.

Florida prosecutors have decided not to file charges in a domestic disturbance case involving Chapman and his girlfriend. Broward Assistant State Attorney Stefanie Newman wrote in a close-out memo Wednesday that conflicting accounts and insufficient evidence from the October incident made a conviction unlikely. Police in Davie, Fla., previously had closed the matter for similar reasons.

With the legal hurdles cleared, Major League Baseball will begin in earnest its look into the dispute. To this point, MLB investigators had been holding off in deference to Florida law-enforcement officials.

“We are all pleased that the Davie Police Department and the Office of the State Attorney took the time to fully investigate the matter and have concluded that charges were not warranted,” Paul Molle, Chapman’s Florida-based attorney, wrote in an email. “Aroldis is looking forward to spring training and his 2016 season with the [Yankees].”

The development obviously bodes well for Chapman’s hopes of avoiding a stiff suspension via baseball’s recently enacted domestic-violence policy. However, the policy does give commissioner Rob Manfred leeway to impose discipline even short of a criminal conviction, so an expectation exists in the industry that, given the ugliness of the October incident, Chapman still will receive a short penalty — in the neighborhood of 15 games.

According to a police report, Chapman’s girlfriend, 22-year-old Cristina Barnea, told police he pushed and choked her. Chapman said there was an argument, but he said he was pushed down by Barnea’s brother. Chapman said he eventually got a handgun and fired eight shots into a wall and window while locked in his garage.

“When you have a new policy, the first ones take on a special significance in terms of tone and precedent and all those things,” Manfred said Thursday at the MLB quarterly owners’ meetings. “I’m going to make sure that I know everything I could possibly know about each of these cases before I make any decisions.”

In addition to Chapman, former Mets shortstop Jose Reyes (now with the Rockies) and Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig are under investigation.

Manfred said, “I would love to have these resolved before we begin play again,” and with all the red tape cleared in the Chapman case, his situation should be settled by Opening Day. The agreement with the Players Association does not include specific language regarding whether a suspended player can work with his club in spring training, so that will be left to Manfred, with the union able to appeal any and all discipline through an independent arbitrator.